The Causey Consulting Podcast

Key topics:
✔️ ICYMI news, 7/31 - 8/5.
✔️ Apparently, August 2nd was the day we were allowed to know that more people are relying on credit cards and debt is crazy-high. But hey: remember when we were constantly told that people are doing great and have plenty in savings!
✔️ Some companies learned nothing from The Great Resignation.
✔️ 3.5% unemployment rate! Wowee!


Links I mention in this episode:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/31/cramer-dont-get-fooled-by-the-bears-sometimes-good-news-is-actually-good.html

https://app.hedgeye.com/insights/70141-remember-this-jim-cramer-bear-stearns-is-fine-do-not-take-your-mon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1g0zJRncIk

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-chief-warns-bloated-staff-151416718.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/business/return-to-office-battles.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2021/08/25/exclusive-telehealth-startup-calibrate-notches-a-100-million-series-b-from-founders-fund-and-tiger-global/?sh=629c54aa3732

https://www.businessinsider.com/calibrate-mass-layoffs-zoom-call-healthcare-isabelle-kenyon-restructure-jobs-2022-7

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/4point2-million-people-quit-in-june-despite-recession-worries.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/03/these-charts-show-why-we-may-not-be-in-a-recession.html

https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/2022/06/coinbase-layoffs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-29/blackrock-s-kapito-says-scarcity-inflation-is-driving-economy

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-an-arkansas-town-could-provide-a-grim-road-map-for-america-if-car-repos-blow-up-11659549234?siteid=yhoof2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOfkpu6749w

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

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Siren courtesy of Pixabay. 

Last summer, I talked about people like Teddy the Tailgate Negotiator and Ned the Needy.  In this episode, I add a couple of new ones to my Hall of Infamy: Tammy the Tattletale and Blaine the Blame Gamer.

Key topics:

✔️ Here's an uncomfortable reality about freelancing or consulting: sometimes, a client hires you to be the scapegoat. 🐐
✔️ No matter how hard you try to avoid a nightmare client, on occasion, someone will fly under the radar and surprise you in a bad way.
✔️ One of the infuriating things about tattletales is that they often wish to have a whine and moan about things you cannot control.
✔️ People are still ghosting and dropping out of a hiring funnel if they lose interest. This is reality. 


Links I discuss in this episode:

https://www.inc.com/jayson-demers/7-types-of-clients-who-will-take-your-patience-to-the-brink.html

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/9074681


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In this bonus episode, I want to tackle the question: what do I mean when I say, "There are some people IMO who aren't gonna make it" through whatever economic situation is a'brewing?

Key topics:

✔️ Disclaimer here: this is not advice. I cannot tell you what to do and each person listening to this episode will have a different set of circumstances. This is for your entertainment only.
✔️ What I don't mean: zombies out in the streets eating your brain or anything else that looks like a Hollywood horror movie. 
✔️ If you go to Java Discover and watch their documentaries about people who became homeless during The Great Recession, no one said, "Oh yeah, I saw this coming. I pretty much always imagined I'd be living out of my car."
✔️ If even the "upper Middle Class" is suffering right now, what is happening to the working poor?


Links I mention in this episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/JavaFilms

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-upper-middle-class-is-getting-squeezed-11658741402?siteid=yhoof2



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Saturday broadcast, 7/23 - 7/29.

Key topics:

✔️ ICYMI news.
✔️On June 30th, one of my job market predictions was that we would see more zombie companies propped up by hot air, debt, and VC money going under. That's already happening.
✔️More layoffs & hiring freezes.
✔️ Cannibalism, new "definitions" of a recession, get yer "to go bag" ready in case of emergency, etc. 
✔️The BoA leaked memo vindicates what I've been telling y'all for months about the balance of power in Corporate America. Would that it were not so.  😖

Links I mention in this episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2-9qlwSmm0

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1550864590560546816

https://businessinsider.mx/stock-market-outlook-jpmorgan-marko-kolanovic-sell-off-fed-rates-2022-5/

https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/2022/07/credit-suisse-layoffs

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/tech-unicorn-whoop-reveals-lay-offs-4869505/

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/10858972

https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2022/06/21/the-bitcoin-bull/

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/sales-of-beer-smokes-signal-shift-5918802/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2022/07/21/how-do-economists-determine-whether-the-economy-is-in-a-recession/

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/zuckerberg-ramps-up-pressure-at-meta-5917602/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/08/virtual-reality-religion-robots-sapiens-book

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/us-economy-slips-into-recession-4872457/

https://theintercept.com/2022/07/29/bank-of-america-worker-conditions-worse/

https://twitter.com/nycemergencymgt/status/1551975637795176452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

In my episode comparing the housing market to the job market, I talked about eating the dirt sandwich from time to time, i.e., having to stay in a job you dislike just for the salary and benefits.

✔️ This is not advice - it's just an op-ed. Personally, I do not think the dirt sandwich should involve anything illegal or immoral.
✔️ Rage quitting feels great in the moment. But when you're sitting at the kitchen table looking at your stack of bills and you have $50 left to your name, it may not feel as good then. IMO, it's not wise to laugh now, cry later.
✔️ Do you have a nest egg or emergency fund of some kind? In the event of a layoff or job loss, do you have a sense of how long you could float without a job?
✔️ Do you have a personal code of conduct or rules of engagement that guide you on what you will or will not put up with?



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In this bonus episode, I want to tackle the question: if I lost my job, what would my first step be?

Key topics:

✔️ Disclaimer here: this is not advice. I cannot tell you what to do and each person listening to this episode will have a different set of circumstances. This is for your entertainment only.
✔️ Would I count solely on recruiters or staffing agencies to help me out? Nope.
✔️ Would I assume that every "success story" I see online about weird side hustles that turned into million-dollar enterprises will naturally happen for me, too? Nope.
✔️ There is often a gap between the loss of one job and the start of another. I would want to devise a plan for how best to fill that gap. And I wouldn't personally do that with hot air, nonsense, and unicorn toots. 🦄💨


Links I mention in this episode:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/10858972

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/21/swimply-side-hustle-making-money-renting-backyard-pool-to-strangers.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07SvHeo8ozs

https://michigan-post.com/the-us-job-market-is-a-contradiction/


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Saturday broadcast, 7/17 - 7/23.

Key topics:

✔️ ICYMI news.
✔️I know I'll be labeled an Eeyore, but I gotta be honest: some people are not gonna make it. 🤷🏻‍♀️
✔️I feel like I'm in a bad 2007-2008 time loop here. Food banks are overwhelmed. The housing market has been insane. Layoffs and hiring freezes are on the rise. Sound familiar?
✔️ A large number of people are working more than one full-time job to make ends meet in the face of inflation. But hey: people are doin' great! 😒
✔️At the end of the day, you can only do so much. If someone has ears to hear and they're not listening, it is what it is.


Links I discuss in this episode:

https://www.coffeeandquinoa.com/2013/04/moosewood-cookbook-borscht/

https://apnews.com/article/hungerfoodbanksinflation-4fd5d6fb5879eaecc3000fe2b73df006

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-world-war-western-nations-putin-ally-serbia-aleksandar-vucic-1724605

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/more-americans-hold-down-two-jobs-4845041/

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/alerts-watches-and-warnings

https://www.newsweek.com/geomagnetic-storm-coronal-mass-ejection-this-week-1725502

https://apnews.com/article/explosions-nevada-climate-and-environment-39d99d8c144d208f4e437d69b8f9fa98

https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2022/04/04/when-the-pendulum-swings/

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/jobless-claims-climb-amid-layoffs-4845209/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-puts-finishing-touches-on-record-real-estate-vehicle-11658349652

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/want-a-job-drop-off-your-resume-irl-4848065/


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Siren courtesy of Pixabay. 

In today's episode, I want to get a little more woo-woo and talk about Reality Transurfing.

Key topics:

✔️ Be careful of pendulums and energy vampires. Constantly thinking about negative outcomes will suck any positivity out of you. And that's not the goal!
✔️ Are you giving excessive attention or importance to certain things in your life?
✔️ Preparing for difficult economic times does not mean that you have to assume the entire world is going to hell in a handbasket. There is a balance between toxic positivity and Chicken Little. 


Links I discuss in this episode:

https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianScott1111

https://chengeer.medium.com/transurfing-of-reality-in-a-nutshell-a73b162fff85


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I'm not sure why, but I felt strongly that I needed to hop on and create an emergency broadcast to push the word out. Layoffs are not somewhere off in the distance. They are in the here and the now. Please, please do not be caught off-guard.


Link I mention in this episode:

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/layoffs-latest-companies-making-cuts-4830593/


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In this bonus episode, I will answer some viewer mail about the job market and why I say if you wait to be "officially" told, it's too late.

 ✔️ During the TP shortage of 2020, how did people behave? Did they form an orderly line and wait patiently or did they flip out?
✔️ During The Great Recession, we saw not only high unemployment but high long-term unemployment.
✔️ What skills do you have? What would your first phone call be if you experienced a job loss? Do you have a game plan put together?

Links I mention in this episode:

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/financial-crisis-review.asp

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2018/article/great-recession-great-recovery.htm#:~:text=Source%3A%20U.S.%20Bureau%20of%20Labor%20Statistics%2C%20Current%20Population%20Survey.,-View%20Chart%20Data&text=During%20the%202007%E2%80%9309%20recession%2C%20these%20relationships%20changed%20dramatically.,years%20starting%20in%20November%202007.


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